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cannot boot no os
Name: ken Date: November 18, 2003 at 22:39:06 Pacific OS: 98 CPU/Ram: 500/128
Comment:
ok i reformatted from 98 in the msdos. i reboot and thats it nothing. i try to boot from cd nothing happens. i have an msdos disk but it doesnt do much, how do i get the os back on
Name: ken Date: November 18, 2003 at 23:33:14 Pacific
Reply:
did i forget to mention this is a laptop with bios systemsoft mobilepro bios version 1.01. also like to update this if possible. i tried using the 2000 install boot disks but it freezes stops and says, windows 2000 booting then thats all nothing else happens
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Response Number 2
Name: john Date: November 18, 2003 at 23:33:41 Pacific
Reply:
when booting your pc press delete and enter the cmos. here in the cmos go to the second option on left and set your boot sequence to either boot from a stiffy or from the cdrom your choice. once this is done you can now boot into the system and run an fdisk or just format. then you can start reloading your operating system.
Good luck and if you need any more advice you can e-mail me.
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